Brian Duncan
Counsellor and Psychotherapist
Education and Training
I initially completed a degree in Science, followed by an honours degree in Applied Psychology at University College Cork. I then engaged in specialised training in Addiction Counselling in Limerick Institute of Technology. In more recent years I have pursued an honours degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Cork Institute of Technology.
As a Psychotherapist I am continually engaging in further professional development, with a particular interest and focus on Attachment Theory, the impact of trauma or difficult life experiences on the body and nervous system and supporting clients to self-regulate and self-soothe in order to gain a greater sense of peace and control of their lives.
I completed training as an EMDR therapist in 2018. For more information on EMDR, got to:
Experience
I began my career as a Care Worker with adults with profound learning disabilities in a residential care setting.
Since training as an Addiction Counsellor I have worked in a large residential addiction treatment centre in Cork, where I currently supervise the delivery of the treatment programme. In addition I am very experienced in supporting families to respond more effectively to a relatives addiction.
Following my training as a Psychotherapist I have worked in private practice also. I work with a very broad range of issues and I adopt an integrative approach to my work.
I incorporate the following counselling approaches into my practice:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy,
Gestalt, Person Centred, Humanistic and Psychoanalytic Approaches as well as Mindfulness based practices.
